Threats and outbreaks of cholera in Africa amidst COVID-19 pandemic: a double burden on Africa’s health systems

Every year, about 4 million cases and 143,000 deaths due to cholera are recorded globally, of which 54% were from Africa, reported in 2016. The outbreak and spread of cholera have risen exponentially particularly in Africa. Coupled with the recent emergence of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) in...

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Autores principales: Uwishema, Olivier, Okereke, Melody, Onyeaka, Helen, Hasan, Mohammad Mehedi, Donatus, Deocles, Martin, Zebadiah, Oluwatomisin, Lawal Abdulwahab, Mhanna, Melissa, Olumide, Adesipe Olaoluwa, Sun, Jeffrey, Adanur, Irem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34819175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00376-2
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Sumario:Every year, about 4 million cases and 143,000 deaths due to cholera are recorded globally, of which 54% were from Africa, reported in 2016. The outbreak and spread of cholera have risen exponentially particularly in Africa. Coupled with the recent emergence of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) in Africa, the local health systems are facing a double burden of these infectious diseases due to their cumulative impact. In this paper, we evaluate the dual impact of cholera and COVID-19 in Africa and suggest plausible interventions that can be put in place to cushion its impact.

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